SOCIAL ECONOMY AND CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CORNWALL LIMITED

What SOCIAL ECONOMY AND CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CORNWALL LIMITED does

Social Economy and Co-operative Development Cornwall Limited, operating publicly as Kabin from cornwall.coop, is a UK-registered non-profit organisation founded in 1997 and headquartered in Truro, Cornwall. Its stated function is the provision of consultancy, training, and support services directed at co-operatives, social enterprises, and community-led economic initiatives, positioning it as a regional development partner for the co-operative and social-enterprise economy of Cornwall.

No underlying technology platform, proprietary product, or digital product architecture is documented in the source data; the description of service delivery is human-advisory and training-oriented rather than software-mediated. There is no disclosed pricing model, customer count, marketing or distribution channel, partnership portfolio, awards record, headcount figure, or management-team listing available in the supplied material — the source page returned by the enrichment pipeline is a loading/verification stub that yielded no further firmographic depth.

The business model is therefore inferred to be that of a regionally focused non-profit consultancy: likely funded through a mix of grants, local-authority contracts, membership fees, and project-based advisory engagements typical of UK social-enterprise support bodies, but none of these revenue mechanics is confirmed in the input. Source ID acknowledges that revenue, ownership, operating status, subsidiaries, geographies, and company history could not be determined from the underlying page.

Name

SOCIAL ECONOMY AND CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CORNWALL LIMITED

Website

https://cornwall.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Short description

Kabin (Social Economy and Co-operative Development Cornwall Limited) is a UK non-profit founded in 1997, based in Truro, Cornwall, providing consultancy, training and support for co-operatives, social enterprises and community-led economic initiatives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Enterprise Development Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPADABAO

Technical Cooperation, Capacity Building & Policy Advisory Programs

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Bilateral Development Agencies & Aid Programs

SECONDARYBPADABAN

Donor Coordination, Monitoring & Evaluation (MEL) Programs

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Bilateral Development Agencies & Aid Programs

Keywords

• Cooperative development
• Social enterprise support
• Community consultancy
• Cooperative training
• Social economy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Truro

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Kabin provides consultancy, training and support services for co-operative, social enterprise and community-led economic initiatives. The organization helps groups establish, develop, and sustain cooperative and community-based economic activities, primarily serving the Cornwall region in the United Kingdom.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cooperative and Social Enterprise Consultancy

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Power to Change: An independent trust that funds and supports community businesses across England. Comparable as a capacity-building and advisory ecosystem player for community-led economic initiatives — closely aligned with the subject firm's community-led focus, though operating as a grantmaker rather than consultancy.
• Locality: National membership network for community-led organisations and social enterprises. Comparable as it offers consultancy, training, and policy support to community-led groups — the same constituency the subject firm serves, though operating at greater national scale.
• Social Enterprise UK: The UK national trade body for social enterprises, providing advocacy, networking, and member support. Comparable because it serves the same social-enterprise segment the subject firm advises, with overlapping training and policy-advisory functions.
• Co-operatives UK: The UK-wide trade body for co-operatives, providing advocacy, member services, training, and standards. Directly comparable as the national apex body supporting the same co-operative constituency the subject firm serves, though operating at much larger national scale.

Regional players

• Senscot: Scottish social-enterprise support body delivering advisory, networking, and policy services. Comparable in service model (consultancy and capacity-building for social enterprises) but Scotland-only, making it a regional peer rather than direct competitor in Cornwall.
• Development Trusts Association Wales (Cwmpas): Welsh membership body supporting social enterprises, co-operatives, and development trusts. Strongly comparable by activity (advisory, training, advocacy for co-ops and community enterprises) but operating exclusively in Wales.

Direct peers

• Plunkett Foundation: UK charity supporting rural community-owned co-operatives, particularly community shops and pubs. Directly comparable — same audience (community co-operatives), same support services (advice, training, networking), with overlapping rural and community-led economic-development remit.
• The Co-operative College: A Manchester-based educational charity delivering training, learning programmes, and consultancy for the co-operative movement. Highly comparable — offers the training and capacity-building services to co-operatives that the subject firm delivers, but at UK-wide scale.

Emerging players

• School for Social Entrepreneurs: UK charity running learning programmes, mentoring, and peer support for social entrepreneurs. Comparable through its training and capacity-building services for the social-enterprise sector, with a more formalised educational offering.
• Big Issue Invest: Social-investment arm of The Big Issue providing loans and advice to social enterprises. Comparable through its advisory and capacity-building support to social enterprises; differs by adding investment capital to the service mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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